Vulnerability CVE-2020-4821

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-4821 (CCN-189834)

Assigned:

2019-12-30

Published:

2021-07-15

Updated:

2021-07-29

Summary:

IBM InfoSphere Data Replication 11.4 and IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture for z/OS 10.2.1, under certain configurations, could allow a user to bypass authentication mechanisms using an empty password string. IBM X-Force ID: 189834

CVSS v3 Severity:

9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
5.2 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

5.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None